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Rise of the rocket girls : the women who propelled us, from missiles to the moon to Mars  Cover Image E-book E-book

Rise of the rocket girls : the women who propelled us, from missiles to the moon to Mars

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  • ISBN: 9780316268448 (electronic bk.)
  • ISBN: 0316268445 (electronic bk.)
  • ISBN: 9780316338912 (electronic bk.)
  • ISBN: 0316338915 (electronic bk.)
  • Physical Description: remote
    1 online resource (xiii, 338 pages, 16 unnumbered pages <mark class='oils_SH keyword physical_description'>of</mark> plates) : illustrations (some color).
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2016.

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Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-323) and index.
Formatted Contents Note: January 1958 : Launch day -- 1940s. Up, up, and away ; Headed west -- 1950s. Rockets rising ; Miss Guided Missile ; Holding back ; Ninety days and ninety minutes ; Moonglow -- 1960s. Analog overlords ; Planetary pull ; The last queen of outer space -- 1970s-today. Men are from Mars ; Look like a girl.
Source of Description Note:
Print version record.
Subject: Jet Propulsion Laboratory (U.S.) History
Women mathematicians United States Biography
Women mathematicians United States History
Rocketry United States History
Astronautics United States History
Genre: Electronic books.

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